Keynote presentation at the Digital Rural futures Conference.

1. Digital Rural Futures:
Implications for Identity,
Inclusion, Economy and
Society
Professor Mike Keppell
Executive Director
Australian Digital Futures Institute
Digital Rural Futures
Armidale 26-28 June 2013
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2. Overview
n Trends
n Digital identity
n Digital inclusion
n Digital economy
n Digital society
n Digital literacies
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3. Digital Age
n Role of technology
n to enable new types of learning
experiences
n enrich existing learning scenarios” (p.
289).
n new means of intellectual expression”
and creativity (p. 289).
n Laurillard, Oliver, Wasson & Hoppe (2009)
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4. What Trends do we Need
to Consider?
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5. CSIRO Megatrends
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On the move
Personalisation
IWorld
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6. Trends
‣ People expect to be able to work, learn, and
study whenever and wherever they want.
‣ The abundance of resources and
‣ Need for digital literacies
‣ BYOD technology
‣ Mobility is here!
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7. Horizon Report
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8. New Generation Learners
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9. Rapport with technology
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10. Student-
generated
content (learner-
as-designers)
Connected
students (knowledge
is in the network)
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11. Owning the Place of Learning
rapport
with
technology
mobile
generate
content
personalise
connected
adapt
space to
their needs
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12. What is digital identity?
n Safe and engaged digital citizenship
n Appropriate and responsible technology
use
n Digital wellness
n http://digitalcitizenship.net/
Home_Page.html
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13. What is Digital Identity?
n How you portray, represent
yourself online
n Rich ways of
communication
n Knowledge is in the
network
n Digital etiquette
n Digital ethics
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14. Pub BBQ
Boardroom Slide Night
Scrapbooking Journal
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15. BBQ
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16. Pub
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17. Boardroom 17Wednesday, 3 July 13

18. Scrapbooking
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19. Slide Night
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21. Journal
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22. Digital Identity Spaces
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23. Personalised Learning
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24. Personal Learning Spaces
‣ Integrate formal and informal learning
spaces
‣ Customised by the individual to suit their
needs
‣ Allow individuals to create their own
identities.
‣ Recognises ongoing learning and the need
for tools to support life-long and life-wide
learning.
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25. Connectivism
‣ Knowledge has changed to networks and
ecologies (Siemens, 2006).
‣ Need improved lines of communication in
networks.
‣ “Connectivism is the assertion that learning is
primarily a network-forming process” (p.
15).
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27. Digital Inclusion
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28. Digital Inclusion
nDigital access
nNot everyone has
the same access
nAccess to technology
nAccess to skills,
education, training
nNo one should be
denied digital access
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29. Digital Inclusion
nhttp://digitalcitizenship.net/
Nine_Elements.html
nFully functioning members of society
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30. Digital Economy
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31. Digital Economy
nDigital presence - business website
nDigital commerce
nCommon internet purchases
nEffective consumers in a digital age
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32. Digital Literacies
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33. Digital Literacies
n Literacy is no longer “the ability
to read and write” but now “the
ability to understand
information however
presented.”
n Can't assume students have
skills to interact in a digital age
n Literacies will allow us to teach
more effectively in a digital
age (JISC, 2012)
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34. ADFI - Vision
‣ Digital literacies that transform the
knowledge & skills of society
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35. ADFI - Mission
‣ To innovate, research & collaborate
to explore and influence digital
literacies that impact societal change.
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Questions?
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